Brandon Rue
Brandon Rue (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent District 102. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Rue completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
As of the 2019 election, Rue was attending the University of Southern Mississippi with a major in communications and a minor in political science.[1] Rue is the president and founder of the nonprofit organization Elevate.[2]
Elections
2019
See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 102
Incumbent Missy Warren McGee defeated Brandon Rue in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 102 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Missy Warren McGee (R) | 64.1 | 3,891 | |
| Brandon Rue (D) | 35.9 | 2,182 | ||
| Total votes: 6,073 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 102
Brandon Rue advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 102 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brandon Rue | 100.0 | 1,031 | |
| Total votes: 1,031 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 102
Incumbent Missy Warren McGee advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 102 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Missy Warren McGee | 100.0 | 2,806 | |
| Total votes: 2,806 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brandon Rue completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rue's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
I decided to run for office because it is time for change here in Mississippi. I believe that being an elected officials provides you with the most effective avenue to create change. I want people to look at my campaign and get inspired to get involved in the process and create change instead of just complaining about it![3] |
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| —Brandon Rue[1] | ||
| “ | Is there anything you would like to add?
Brandon Rue is a native of Meridian, MS. He is a Communications Studies Major with a Double Minor in Political Science and Psychology at The University of Southern Mississippi. At the age of 17, Brandon accepted his calling in the ministry as a Minister of the gospel in his hometown of Meridian, MS. Here he served as the youth minister and worked closely with the pastor. Brandon now volunteers at West Point Baptist Church in Hattiesburg MS, where he teaches the youth’s Christian development classes. Brandon’s passion for the youth is not only in the church, he has founded a non-profit organization known as Elevate. This organization was chartered in February of 2018. The organization was founded to promote leadership and empowerment, provide exposure to a variety of career options, promote prosocial behavior, and endorse the importance of being responsible. The organization completes these objectives by working with 5th grade students at Woodley Elementary School in Hattiesburg, MS. Since entering college Brandon has worked hard to change the narrative that young people do not care about politics and don’t vote as he has worked with multiple organizations and movements to create change. Brandon has worked with Common Cause, a national bipartisan organization that fights for the common-sense rights of people. He has also done work for the poor people’s campaign who strive to provide a voice for the voiceless. Brandon’s activism has really shown in his time at the University of Southern Mississippi as he has registered over 1500 of his peers to vote. He has also created and led marches and walks to the polling precinct to promote the importance of using your voice and voting. Brandon is no stranger to campaigns either as he has already worked on four different campaigns during his time in college. He began his political work by volunteering for Johnny Dupree in his re-election bid for Mayor. He then continued by working for Kathryn Rehner in her state legislature race, Representative Jeramey Anderson in his bid for United States Congress, and Secretary Mike Espy when he ran for United States Senate. Brandon aspires to give the people a true representative one who wants to hear from the people and give them a voice. He believes the most effective way to help people is by being the one in the seat making the decision instead of lobbying someone else to think like you. He wants to be an elected official so that the people can have a voice.[3] |
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| —Brandon Rue[2] | ||
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on February 3, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on June 4, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
